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Our Brews


Here is a list of beers and their descriptions. If you are interested in having any of our bottled brews shipped direct to you please note that we can only ship to addresses in California. CA residents add 8.25% sales tax. YOU MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE TO ORDER AND A SIGNATURE OF SOMEONE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE IS REQUIRED UPON DELIVERY! Prices vary; to order, please contact Skylar at the Bear Republic Offices to place your order. M-F 8:00-5:00 (PST).
707-894-2722 ext 31 or SkylarM@bearrepublic.com


Bottled Brews


Racer 5 IPA®
American India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 75+ Color: Golden
This hoppy American IPA is a full bodied beer brewed American pale and crystalmalts, and heavily hopped with Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial.
There's a trophy in every glass.
12oz. 6 pack | 12 oz. 12 pack | 22oz. | keg

Racer 5 IPA

2009 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – GOLD
2009 Colorado State Fair – Best of Show
2006 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER
2005 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Strong Pale Ale – SILVER
1999 Great American Beer Festival® India Pale Ale - GOLD


Red Rocket Ale®
American Amber Ale
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 67 Color: Deep Copper Red
Red Rocket Ale is a bastardized Scottish style red ale that traces it's origins to our homebrew roots. This full bodied and hoppy brew finishes on the palate with sweet, caramel malt flavors.
12oz. 6 pack | 22oz. | keg

Red Rocket

2009 California State Fair - SILVER
1999 Great American Beer Festival® Other Strong Ales or Lagers - SILVER
1998 Great American Beer Festival® Other Strong Ales - SILVER


Hop Rod Rye™
Rye IPA
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 80 Color: Amber
A high gravity IPA brewed with 18% rye malt. Hop Rod Rye has a floral hop aroma and subtle caramel notes with a slightly earthy and spicy rye character.
12oz. 4 pack | 22oz. | keg

Hop Rod Rye Ale

2009 California State Fair – GOLD
2003 California State Fair – GOLD
2002 Real Ale Festival (Chicago) – GOLD


Big Bear Black Stout™
American Stout
ABV: 8.1% IBU: 55 Color: Black
Big Bear is a big, black, stout you can really sink your teeth into. The bold, roasty, caramel malt flavor is balanced by Centennial and Cascade hops.
22oz. | keg

Big Bear

2009 California State Fair – 2nd GOLD
2009 LA International Beer Competition – GOLD
2007 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Stout – SILVER
2002 World Beer Cup - GOLD


Peter Brown Tribute Ale™
American Brown Ale
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 21 Color: Brown
Peter Brown Tribute Ale is malty American Brown Ale, brewed with molasses, brown sugar, and hopped with Cascade and Centennial. It's just the way Pete would have wanted it.
22oz. | keg

Peter Brown Tribute Ale

2009 California State Fair - GOLD
2009 North American Brewers Association – GOLD
2006 Great American Beer Festival® Brown Porter – BRONZE
2004 Great American Beer Festival® Brown Porter – GOLD


XP Pale Ale™
American Pale Ale
ABV: 5.4% IBU: 35 Color: Pale Straw
XP is short for Exception Pale Ale. This light golden pale ale balances the malt and hops for a smooth, drinkable beer that compliments any meal.
22oz. | keg

XP Pale Ale

2009 California State Fair – SILVER
2008 Colorado State Fair - GOLD
2006 California State Fair – 1st
2003 Real Ale Fest (Chicago) – BRONZE



Seasonal Brews

These brews are released once a year.


Black Racer™
Cascadian Black IPA
ABV: 7.8% IBU: 75+ Color: Black
Black Racer™ is an aggressively hopped ale brewed to a style pioneered in the Pacific Northwest known as Cascadian IPA or Black IPA. Essentially an India Pale Ale with additional crystal malt and roasted malts for layered flavors with very little roast character relative to its dark color.


Late Harvest Lager™
German-Style Oktoberfest
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 25 Color: Copper
This traditional Oktoberfest beer is brewed to be enjoyed throughout the fall. Big malty biscuit flavors are balanced by an alcohol warmth and a dry finish. Crisp hop bitterness and noble hop aroma round out this seasonal lager. Prost!


Ryevalry™
American-Belgo-Style Double IPA
ABV: 8.2% IBU: 70 Color: Straw
Another unique Rye beer from BRBC, this Double IPA is brewed with 30% rye, large quantities of American hops, and fermented with Belgian ale yeast to create a bitter, hoppy, and spicy ale that is sure to delight.


Racer X™
October Release – Draft/Limited Release Bottle
Double IPA
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 100+ Color: Copper
Racer X™ is an uncommon Double India Pale Ale which puts a California twist on English brewing traditions by adding an assertive hop aroma and bitterness that compliments the firm malt backbone.
Like its little brother Racer 5, Racer X™ is balance in a bottle.

2009 California State Fair – BRONZE
2009 San Diego International Beer Competition – 2nd
2009 West Coast Beer Fest - GOLD


Heritage Ale™
Scottish Wee Heavy
ABV: 7.6% IBU: 17 Color: Garnet
True to the Norgrove's Scottish Heritage, this Wee Heavy is brewed with Scottish malts and lightly hopped with East Kent Goldings. Big and Malty sweet, this ale will have you hearing bagpipes.

2001 California State Fair - SILVER
2000 California State Fair – GOLD



Specialty Brews

These brews have limited availability and are draft only.


Altered Beast™
Oak-aged Imperial IPA
ABV: 9.2% IBU: 85+ Color: Deep Copper
An Imperial IPA powered-up with two rounds of dry hopping featuring Cascade and Sonnet hops and finished
off with toasted American Oak. Rising up from a mere Imperial IPA to something new, an Altered Beast.


Apex™
Strong IPA
ABV: 7.5% IBU: 100+ Color: Light Copper
Apex: The highest point, the culmination or climax. In racing, the apex of the turn is approached differently as conditions dictate, but always with a forward looking mindset. The synthesis of American and English malts, aggressively hopped with Pacific Northwest hops, this beer represents our Brew Team's current thinking about the essence of IPA.

2009 California State Fair - SILVER
2009 The Bistro Double IPA Fest – BRONZE & PEOPLE’S CHOICE
2009 Night of the Living Ales Cask Festival – 3rd PLACE & PEOPLE’S CHOICE


Café Racer 15™
Double IPA
ABV: 8.95% IBU: 100+ Color: Golden
Brewed to celebrate the spirit of the counterculture streetracer motorcyclists and the 15th year of innovative brewing at Bear Republic Brewing Co. Café Racer 15™ is a deep golden Double IPA with a rebellious blast of the resinous, grapefruity aroma of Citra hops and a dry malty finish.


Carburetor™
Doppelbock
ABV: 7.4% IBU: 25 Color: Ruby Red
Exceptional Bohemian malt character is tempered by noble hop bitterness and a very subtle hint of smoke from fine German Rauchmalt. This ruby red lager that will quicken your pulse, each sip propelling you faster down the autobahn of flavor.


Cher Ami™
Belgian Single
ABV: 4.7% IBU: 16 Color: Straw
This Belgian-style Single ale is light, fruity, and slighty spicy. Cher Ami is brewed with pilsner malt, wheat, cane sugar, and trappist ale yeast. Keeping in mind the Norgrove family passion for pigeon racing (the national sport of Belgium), this ale is named in honor of Cher Ami, a heroic WWI messenger pigeon.


Crazy Ivan™
Belgo-American IPA
ABV: 6.9% IBU: 70 Color: Copper
This copper colored American IPA took a wild left turn when we fermented it with our favorite Trappist ale yeast. Charged with hops and followed closely by clove and pepper Belgian yeast character.


Crystal Wheat
American Wheat
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 20 Color: Straw
Crafted in the Pacific Northwest style, this American-style Crystal Wheat is immensely drinkable and perfect to quench your thirst. Creamy and malty with a mild hop bitterness.


Das Koma™
Imperial American Wheat
ABV: 9.4% IBU: 60 Color: Hazy Gold
Das Koma™ is a high gravity, heavily hopped Imperial American Wheat Beer; a wheat beer brewed in the spirit of a double IPA. Heavily hopped with immense amounts of experimental varieties of German hops.


Double Aught™
Bohemian Pilsner
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 15 Color: Straw
In the late 1800s, American brewing pioneers made a Pilsner to be proud of. It was brewed with 100 percent barley malt and hopped with noble hop varieties for a rich, smooth, and crisp taste. This is our version.


Double Rocket™
Imperial Red Ale
ABV: 9.2% IBU: 100+ Color: Dark Red
Red Rocket taken to the limit and pushed on through the other side, this Imperial Red Ale boasts caramel and roasty malt character and distinct hop flavor and aroma.


El Oso™
American Amber Lager
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 18 Color: Amber
El Oso, Spanish for ?The Bear,? is an amber-colored brew crafted in the tradition of the famously crisp and thirst quenching Mexican lagers. The well balanced beer is crisp with just a suggestion of caramel.

2009 California State Fair - SILVER
2008 Great American Beer Festival® American-Style Amber Lager – BRONZE


Endeavor IPA™
English IPA
ABV: 6.7% IBU: 65 Color: Copper
A copper-colored IPA crafted in the English style using Maris Otter Pale Malt, East Kent Golding hops, and our house Scottish yeast. This well balanced ale is malty and hoppy with a soft and fruity yeast character.


Extra Deluxe Tripel™
Belgian Strong Ale (Tripel)
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 37 Color: Golden
This Belgian-style Tripel is a collaborative brew between the brewers at Bear Republic Brewing Co. and local homebrewer Sean O'Connor. Pleasantly malty with spicy and fruity yeast character.


Grand Am™
American Pale Ale
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 45 Color: Gold
Inspired by our Brewmaster's passion for road racing, Grand-Am™ is an American pale ale worthy of the Bear Republic. This assertively hoppy, sessionable ale is balanced with a distinctive malty backbone.


Jack London ESB™
English Extra Special Bitter
ABV: 5.7% IBU: 34 Color: Pale
Jack London ESB is brewed in the English tradition using fine Maris Otter pale ale and crystal malts balanced by East Kent Golding hops. This Extra Special Bitter has a rich, biscuity malt profile, slightly fruity yeast notes,
and soft hop character.


Lucha Libre Lager™
Mexican-Style Amber Lager
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 24 Color: Amber
Lucha Libre Lager™ is a rough and tumble Mexican-style amber lager, brewed with Bear Republic's
house lager yeast, premium malts, and a punch of noble hops.


Maibock
Strong Spring Bock
ABV: 6.7% IBU: 40 Color: Copper
Maibock is Bear Republic's take on the German lager brewed to commemorate the coming of spring.
Traditionally a hoppy, high-gravity lager, our version is bigger and hoppier using traditional European
malts and special German hops.


Mach 10™
Double IPA
ABV: 9.2% IBU: 100+ Color: Golden
This extreme Double Imperial IPA is brewed with American Cascades and English First Gold hops
for a deliciously unique hop profile. Bitter, malty, with a definite alcohol note, this beer is one of our
most assertive and extreme.


Monkey High Five™
Belgo-American Black IPA
ABV: 7.6% IBU: 85 Color: Black
This style-defying brew blends West Coast hop sensibilities with Belgian malt and yeast character.
Black with a ruby core, this ale is hoppy, spicy, and slightly roasty with a dry malt finish.


Nor Cal Ale™
American Bitter
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 47 Color: Copper
Inspired by Northern California's brewing history, this California Bitter is as inviting as the Redwoods.
Smooth and drinkable, this ale has a well rounded malt character accented by Cascade and Centennial dry hops.


Old Baba Yaga™
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV: 11.5% IBU: 115 Color: Black
Named for the witch who guarded the fountain of life and death in Russian folklore,
the black depths of this Russian Imperial Stout hold coffee, licorice, and bittersweet chocolate flavors.


Olde Scoutter’s Barleywine™
American Barleywine
ABV: 9.5% IBU: 100+ Color: Deep Amber
An American version of the Classic British Winter Warmer,
Olde Scoutter's Barleywine is a rich and hoppy beer brewed in honor of beloved brewery dog Scoutt.
Malty, Hoppy, and warming, Olde Scoutter will have a place in your heart.

2009 California State Fair - SILVER
2008 California State Fair – GOLD
2001 North American Brewer’s Award – GOLD


Rebellion™
American IPA
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 75+ Color: Golden
Rebellion was created as a single hop India Pale Ale to showcase the characteristics of new hop varietals
and old favorites. Always brewed with the same American and English malts, the soft malt character
allows the unique flavor and aroma of the hop to shine.


Roggenbier
Bavarian Rye Ale
ABV: 4.2% IBU: 11 Color: Hazy Gold
Roggenbier is German for ?Rye Beer.? Very similar to a Hefeweizen, but brewed with rye instead of wheat. This unfiltered ale melds the earthy rye character with subtle banana and clove notes from the Bavarian ale yeast.

2010 Great American Beer Festival® Rye Beer – BRONZE


Speed Bump™
American Amber Ale
ABV: 4.6% IBU: 80 Color: Amber Red
The complex malt bill mixes distinctive pale, caramel, and roasted malts with aromatic Apollo, Centennial and Chinook hops. The unique malt and hop character make this lower-alcohol brew a great beer to enjoy with friends
.


Stickball Alt™
Sticke Alt
ABV: 5.4% IBU: 37 Color: Ruby
Inspired by German-style Sticke Alt, this ale is brewed with the finest German malts, a blend of noble hops, and fermented cool with a select strain of yeast from Cologne. This malty and rich beer balances the flavors of an ale, with the clean finish of a lager.


Volksbier™
Pilsner
ABV: 4.1% IBU: 30 Color: Straw
This light and crisp lager is brewed with Pilsner and American barley malts and dry hopped with Alsatian Goldings and Strisselspalt for a floral noble hop aroma. Crisp, clean, and light, this beer is brewed for the people.


Wine Country Wheat™ (Hefeweizen)
Bavarian Hefeweizen
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 11 Color: Hazy Gold
Wine Country Wheat is a light and refreshing ale brewed in the traditional German style. Made with Wheat, Malted Barley, Munich Malt, and a specially selected Weihenstephan yeast, this beer is served unfiltered and full of flavor.

2001 California State Fair – BRONZE
2000 California State Fair – SILVER



Barrel Aged Brews

These brews are part of our barrel aged program and have very limited availability.


Cuvee de Bubba™
American Wild Ale
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 35 Color: Amber
A custom blend of the beers of Bear Republic, Cuvee de Bubba is allowed to undergo a secondary fermentation in oak barrels using only the wild microflora and fauna native to the Alexander Valley in Sonoma County. The Cuvee has a bouquet of stone fruits and a boasts a complex flavor profile of malt backed by a hint of tobacco and finishes with cherry pie sourness.


Clobberskull™
English Estate October Ale
ABV: 10.5% IBU: 35 Color: Golden
This English Estate October Ale is brewed with 10% raw wheat and 10% split peas. Fermented with our house Scottish ale yeast and barrel aged for 100 days in 1st beer use French Oak barrels.


Sour Crazy Ivan™
Sour Barrel Aged Belgo-American IPA
ABV: 7.1% IBU: 70 Color: Copper
A barrel aged version of our Belgo-American IPA. Refermented in the barrel with native wild yeast and bacteria for a tart, earthy flavor. A snapshot of the terroir of Alexander Valley.


Barrel Aged Heritage Ale™
Barrel aged Scottish Wee Heavy
ABV: 7.6% IBU: 17 Color: Garnet
True to the Norgrove's Scottish Heritage, this Wee Heavy is brewed with Scottish malts and lightly hopped with East Kent Goldings. Aged in a new French Oak barrel for 30 days.


Tartare™
Berliner-Style Weisse
ABV: 4.0% IBU: 8 Color: Pale Straw
Tartare™ is a dry and tart Berliner-style wheat beer spontaneously fermented in a 2500 gallon oak vessel. One of the world's classic sour beer styles, Tartare™ is Bear Republic's interpretation of the beer style dubbed as "The Champagne of the North."